Boston Summer Scholars

This summer, Boston Cares is pleased to be in a partnership with John Hancock Financial Services and The Boston Globe to support the 2008 Boston Summer Scholars Program. The Boston Summer Scholar program is providing 500 teenagers with on-the-job training in a corporate or non-profit environment, in addition to weekly skill-based workshops.Boston Cares is teaming up with The Boston Globe and John Hancock Financial Services to coordinate the Friday morning workshop series,which is covering topics such as personal finance, interviewing skills, and leadership. Volunteer mentors are needed to support the workshop sessions, which are held on Friday mornings, from 8:30 AM -10:30 AM - there are four more workshops in need of volunteers - July 25 through August 15. (Volunteers are asked to get to the session by 7:45am). Volunteers are not required to attend all sessions, but are encouraged to sign up for as many as they can to attend. Volunteers sit at a table with 9 youth, take attendance, participate in group activities during workshops, and distribute and collect surveys at the end. For more information please and volunteer opportunities please contact Karen Boss at ph: 617-422-0910 x211.